Walgreen Health Clinics Now Free For Unemployed and more...

Thu Apr 02 2009

health care
Walgreen Health Clinics Now Free For Unemployed

Walgreen has announced that if you're willing to provide proof of unemployment and sign a form that says you lost your health benefits along with your job, you and your uninsured family members can receive free treatment at any of their 300+ in-store health clinics. What's covered: "respiratory problems, allergies, infections and skin conditions, among other ailments." What's not: checkups, vaccinations or other injections, and prescriptions. MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 19:53

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wcia 2009
Worst Company In America: Cyberdyne Systems VS Weyland-Yutani Corp

Exploting xenomorphs as a biological weapon is bad, but is it as bad as developing Skynet? MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 14:53

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wcia 2009
Worst Company In America: Wayne Enterprises VS Stark Industries

A multinational conglomerate with a billionaire playboy owner? Or, wait... MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 14:18

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time warner
Time Warner Cable Expands Metered Billing To Four More Cities

If you live in Rochester, NY, Austin or San Antonio, TX, or Greensboro, NC, your broadband access from TWC is about to be capped. The company is expanding its trial run from Beaumont, TX to these additional four cities, where TWC broadband customers will have to choose one of the company's tiers of service—anywhere from 5GB to 40GB per month. DSL Reports notes that all five markets lack Verizon's FiOS as an option, and TWC faces little to no competition from other providers. MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 13:55

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not recommended
Comcast: Don't Use Your Residential Account To Sell WiFi To Apartment Buildings

OceanNet is a company that provides building-wide WiFi to residential buildings in Ocean City, Maryland. One problem — the WiFi was really just some guy's Comcast account. MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 12:08

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taxes
Cigarettes Just Got Fiscally Irresponsible In Addition To The Whole "Health" Thing

Smokers around the country are freaking out as a huge federal cigarette tax increase goes into effect. MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 10:59

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auto bailout
The New Car Deals Are Piling Up — But Do You Care?

BusinessWeek did a little math and discovered that if you lined up all the new financing deals, tax incentives and discounts — a new car might actually be cheaper than a late model used one. But do you care? MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Apr 01 2009 10:16

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